Improvement in grain-separators



ATON and JOHNHIOKS, of

sin, have invented ALEEEO HUNTINGTON AND JOHN HIOKS, OE MILWAUKEE,

WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-SEPARATQRS.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. i@7,634, dated February20, 1877; application led June 2o, 1876.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, ALFRED HUNTING-Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, in the State of WisconcertainImprovements in UocklevSeparators, of which the following is aspecification:

Our invention has for its object separating cockle and other Seeds fromgrain, and is a machine with a perforated reel and an endless indentedplatform, which takes upthe cockie and seeds and carries them up overthe end of the platform and empties themv out into a spout, whichconveys them out ofthe machine, while the grain slips down over theplatform and falls out at theother end ofthe machine.

Figure lis a plan view of our invention, and Fig. 2 a sectional View ofsame. Y

A is the perforated reel; B, the indented endless platform; C, the lowerdrum, over platform runs; D, the npwhich the platform runs; E press andrun on the edges which the endless per drum,.over E, wheels which of theplatform and keep it down; F, a hoard or platform, onto which the cockleand seeds fall 'and run over and out of the opening` H; G, a slidingboard over which the grain runs platform 5 H, opening for the to run outof; I, the feedfrom the endless cockle and seeds hopper of the machine;K, a spout which conveys the coarse grain from the machine; L, a pieceof material which holds` the grain down as it passes over the board G.

The Operation of this machine is as follows: The grain is fed into themachine through the feed-hopper I, into the reel A, and, as the grainandseeds fall thronghnto the endlessV platform, which ALFRED HUNTlNGTON.JOHN HICKS. Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, A. A. SOHATTENEEIwf.

